– Interview with Bertrand Piccard Solar Impulse Initiator, Chairman and Pilot. Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard are the founders of, pilots and driving force behind Solar Impluse. This is the first aircraft that can fly without fuel both day and night on solar energy. Listen to the interview by Roger Rohrs in Phx AZ after the landing of Solar Impluse last night 5/3/2012